In response to Israel’s recent diplomatic gains in the Arab and Muslim worlds, the Palestinian Authority is reportedly pushing to convene an emergency Arab League meeting, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. Nabil Shaath, a senior Palestinian official, told the Israeli paper, Haaretz, “There are a series of Arab and Islamic...

The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, revealed last week that it had broken up a Hamas terror cell, described as differing from past Hamas plots in “both scope and potential risk,” which “cynically” exploited Gazans who were allowed to leave to seek medical treatment in Israel. At the center of...

Airbnb, the home rental site, announced on Monday that it would change its policy regarding home listings in what it calls occupied territories, singling out the West Bank, The Jerusalem Post reported. In response, Israeli officials said they were looking at restricting Airbnb services in the Jewish State and urged...

The decision of Education Minister Naftali Bennett to keep his party, Habayit Hayehudi (Jewish Home), in the government has forestalled talk of early elections, for now, The Times of Israel reported Monday. Following the resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and the exit of his party Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel is...

Major human rights Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have failed to condemn the barrage of rockets and mortars fired indiscriminately into Israel by Hamas, a survey published Tuesday by the watchdog group NGO Monitor concluded. Even though Hamas fired an estimated 460 projectiles into Israel on Monday and Tuesday — making it the heaviest bombardment...

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was implemented Tuesday night ending a barrage of some 460 rockets launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip, after Hamas “begged” for one, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The Jerusalem Post reported. Netanyahu’s assessment was backed up by unnamed Israeli officials, who...